Introduce Yourself!

[skascha]

Hi, I am Sascha, and I am here new!
I am now 15, and live in Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
My favorietes games are: Puzzle Loop, Pac Man and Super Mario Bros 3.
My English isn't very good, so don't screem to me that I make mistakes!
If you want to know more about me, just ask!

[dr.wario]

8-) HI I am dr.wario I just want to say that I AM threld 2 be here

[Mattiekrome]

Wow, its been all this time and I have never even had a formal introduction. Oh well, here goes. My name is Matt and I hail from a small lil town called Mount Holly. Its in North Carolina, and is about 20 miles north of uptown Charlotte. I am 26 years old, and a graduate of Western Carolina University with a BSBA in Computer Information Systems. I was just recently married to a wonderful woman (and college sweetheart) this past december. Her name is Kelly, but for the remainder of my stay here on DP, she will be referred to as "Wifey". We have 2 "children", one Jack Russel Terrier named Roxie, and a Pekenise name Sunni. Since being laid off from my last job, I have become a contract "Network Analyst" at my current job. I dont have a large collection, but I do collect enough to keep me interested. I am currently into complete NES Tengen games and complete SMS games. I do collect a bit of everything tho. I am somewhat active on eBay as well, selling and buying under the name "Mattiekrome". HELLO EVERYONE :)

[Windy Miller]

- Who you are
Aloha everyone, I'm Nick.

- Where you live
United Kingdom.

- How you found the forums
I've been lurking for a few months & finally decided to join in.

- What your favorite games are
Puzzle games..

- What systems you collect for
Currently collecting for the Gameboy, although if a puzzle game takes my fancy, i'll buy the console to go with it.

- What you do in "real life"
Currently between jobs.

- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
I've been playing games since 1978, but had a brief break between 1987-1994 when I started my first job.

[mills]

name's mills

I live in Elgin, IL, im 21 years old. I lived in Boston for the first 20 years of my life. I live with my girlfriend and I just started collecting games again.

I started playing at the age of 4. When I was a kid I had two NES's, two SNES's, every new gameboy when they came out, an atari 2600, a sega genesis, a TG16, multiple tiger handhelds, NP and GP magazines, toys, etc etc etc. As I got older I sold it all or traded for newer games, this I deeply regret, I just started again this year and I no have about 65 NES games, A Top loading NES original. an SNES and about 36 games. I have the box for Final Fantasy 3 but no cart. Shadowrun cart only mint, arkanoid DOh it again mint cart only. My favorites in my NES collection are Crash N the boys street challenge mint cartridge, and the Metroid cart with yellow sticker. As my colelcting is in its early stages I'm not looking to buy any super expensive rares, that is unless I find them really cheap, I'm just trying to find games that I love to play. Liek Zombies ate my neighbors.

[beardyboo]

Hi all.

Im Martin from Surrey U.K

26 years old and been with my other half for 2 years now.

Well into my sega and have quite alot of games and systems floating about (and no space to store it all!)

Glad I found this place, talk to you all soon.

Beardy out..............

p.s Visit my website if you can. Find it at www.giantleap.tk

[TonyB80]

Hi, My Name's Tony, I live in Manchester, UK and my job is not that interesting so i won't talk about it. Been looking on DP for a number of months now for reference purposes and finally decided to join the Forums.

I got into computer games about 14 years ago when I got a Sega Megadrive with Sonic for my birthday and have been playing every since. I sold my Megadrive to get a PSX in 1998 and then decided to get another Megadrive about 2 & 1/2 years ago as i wanted to play sonic again. Every since then i been collecting Sega Games when ever i see them.

Systems I current have are, in no particular order - Megadrive, Master System, Game Gear, 32X, Saturn, Mega CD, X-Box and Playstation, PS2.

Game wise I've collected a near complete set of PAL megadrive games (minus cover variations and specials items), PAL Mega CD games and PAL 32X games (except Darxide and Primal Rage of course).

Additionally I been picking up old Sega magazines such as Mean Machines Sega, Sega Pro and Sega Power.

Currently playing through Resident Evil 2 in PSX and Maximo Vs. Army of Zin on Playstation 2.

Tony :)

[Lost Dream]

Hi, Lost Dream here.

Been told about this place by people at assembler, so thought I'd take a look :)

[CitizenSnowman]

Hey, there CitizenSnowman here.

Ive been a lurker for quite awhile, just decided I would join in on all the forum action today. I collect for SNES, GG, and a little GB and GBA. Im also a big fan of collecting Nintendo Power magazines and really obscure video game memorabilia.

Im currently playing through the Metal Slug series....mmm I just cant get enough. 8-)

[mcgladds]

Hi. I'm mcgladds.

I found this place on a big list of large forums about anything and everything, and when I saw "Retrogaming Roundtable".. well, there was no way I couldn't click on that.

Games : Contra I and ONLY I, SMB3, Zelda's (all of them), and Kung Fu. I know Kung Fu.

[OdSquad64]

Hi im odsquad64
i live in the US i collect for 2600, Nes, Snes, Genesis, DC, Saturn, N64, GC, and PS2. My favorite games are Megaman games, Resident Evil games, or most other Capcom games.

well... there ya go

[Crosman]

Hello everyone,

Im Crosman, Im 18 year's old and live in the state of Michigan.
I came across this site when I was looking for how rare some of my game's were. I decided to register since I plan on creating a Giant game room soon and making it one of the best in Michigan.

A few thing's about me.

First off, I am still doing time in high school, I will be graduating this summer. The reason that I am graduating latw is because I have a disease called Chrones. I missed out on alot of school and it really tore my career up. (If you would like to know some more about this, PM me.)
Second, Next year I will be attending ITT tech, I will be going to school for game design/Character disign. I have so many idea's locked up in my head, it's madness.

Third, I am currently a Moderator at a pokemon website called Psypoke and I plan on making my presence hear as often as possible.

Last but not least the more general things about me.

I am a big sports buff, I love sports and have played them since birth, I also love the Ninja turtle's more then life itself.

I have alot of knowledge on wildlife, I worked at the the toledo Zoo for a few day's but gave it up due to some personal reason's, so if any of you fella's or ladies need any animal advice Ask away!!!

I will finish this off by saying I have a girlfriend, plan on moving out this summer and getting married next summer, my (to be) wife is great and supports me with everything I do, she hope's I land a job with Nintendo some day.

Same with me.

Look forward to talking to everyone. 8-)

[Crosman]

Sorry about the double post.

[Evilgoatboy666]

Hey my Name is Steve N. I live in geneva,ohio a smaller town but not as small as alot of them. I found these forums from World Of Games. I go and talk to the owner all the time and he told me to come on here so that's how i found it. My favorite games include the Resident evil series and mario game or Zelda game, halo 1 and 2, final fantasy series and most of all Earthbound. I mostly just collect games for the snes i have about 30 or 40 in my collection i really just find deals on things and sell them for other things but snes is the on;y trpe i really collect everything else i use then sell agian. I'm currently employed through the DNC coporatrion as a banquet server but it's only a summer job i will be attending youngstown state in the fall...I'm just glad i have found a new site to post on and talk to other video game junkies and stuff like that...you can find on xbox live underthe gamer tag EVILGOATBOY666 hope to here from people soon..
peace out

[Evilgoatboy666]

Hey my Name is Steve N. I live in geneva,ohio a smaller town but not as small as alot of them. I found these forums from World Of Games. I go and talk to the owner all the time and he told me to come on here so that's how i found it. My favorite games include the Resident evil series and mario game or Zelda game, halo 1 and 2, final fantasy series and most of all Earthbound. I mostly just collect games for the snes i have about 30 or 40 in my collection i really just find deals on things and sell them for other things but snes is the on;y trpe i really collect everything else i use then sell agian. I'm currently employed through the DNC coporatrion as a banquet server but it's only a summer job i will be attending youngstown state in the fall...I'm just glad i have found a new site to post on and talk to other video game junkies and stuff like that...you can find on xbox live underthe gamer tag EVILGOATBOY666 hope to here from people soon..
peace out

[EviLOttO]

Name: EviLOttO

Location: Dusseldorf City, Germany

I AM COMING :evil:

[TEND]

Hello all,
I live in Winnipeg, MB, up in Canada.
Good Stuff.

[BobbyRobby]

Name is Rob. I decided to check out the forums since I use the Onlide guide frequently. My favorite games tend to be Nintendo games and RPGs, but I play pretty much anything.

My collection:
http://users.ign.com/collection/BobbyRobbyPaladin

[SRC]

Hello, I'm SRC. I'm kind of a NES and Gameboy expert, but I'm also into Atari and such.

[Sockdude01]

Hey there. I'll just follow the suggestions for this post:

Most people just call me Sockdude. Nobody knows my real name ;). I found the forums, actually, by searching for "video game collectors" in Google Image search. I found videogamecollectors.com and I found a link to Digitalpress... odd, huh? My favorite games would have to be Contra and The Legend of Zelda. The systems I collect for are the NES and 2600.

[Flack]

Welcome guys! The last few new members look like a nice mix of new and old gamers alike. Welcome aboard all!

[suckerpunch5]

My name is Ray. I collect mostly for GCube N64, SNES, GBA, and Dreamcast. I am also getting kinda drawn into the PS1 scene too.

I try really hard not to be a fanboy, but somtimes it gets the best of me. Been lurking this site for a while now, so I thought I'd join up, and get in on some of these threads.

As for my street cred, I've been gaming since the Atari 2600 (I am 26), and I write game reviews for the Daily Nebraskan, the University of Nebraska campus newspaper.

Right now my favorite game is Resident Evil 4. Can't get enough of mercanaries!

[thedfp]

Hi, I'm thedfp. I'm 21 years old. Right now I live in Louisville, KY but I'll be moving to Tullahoma, TN at the end of the summer to start work on a masters degree in Aerospace Engineering. I've lurked around here for a long while.

I collect for the PS1, PS2, XBOX, GC, and Dreamcast. I have less than 70 games total but I expect this number to go way up once my research assistantship starts.

[Nirvana]

Hey, I'm Nirvana. Currently collecting SNES games. Also, I'm a big rock/metal fan. PM me if you are selling any SNES games, I AM willing to buy anything that appeals to me!

[eden]

Hi!

My name is Darren. I'm a long-time gamer (16K Spectrum onwards). I enjoy all genres of games but am particularly keen on shmups & 2D platformers.
Although I own an MD/Snes/N64/GC I mostly play PS1 and PS2 titles and am currently actively collecting PAL PS1 titles.
My other interests are mostly music and comedy.
I live in the UK and first visited this site for PS1 info before coming across this forum.
I'll probably never be a particularly prolific poster but I lurk daily. Hopefully I'll meet a few likeminded gamers and swap minutae about PS1 titles.
Should be fun!

Darren

[eden]

Hi!

My name is Darren. I'm a long-time gamer (16K Spectrum onwards). I enjoy all genres of games but am particularly keen on shmups & 2D platformers.
Although I own an MD/Snes/N64/GC I mostly play PS1 and PS2 titles and am currently actively collecting PAL PS1 titles.
My other interests are mostly music and comedy.
I live in the UK and first visited this site for PS1 info before coming across this forum.
I'll probably never be a particularly prolific poster but I lurk daily. Hopefully I'll meet a few likeminded gamers and swap minutae about PS1 titles.
Should be fun!

Darren

[oldschoolvidiot]

Hello, my name is Matt, I am happily married, I live in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. I have been collecting games since August 2003 and at the present time, my collection is approximately 1000 games strong. My main goal is collecting Nes cartridges and so far the game count is at 340 titles (including variations). The actual systems that I have collected so far are:

Atari 2600
Colecovision
Intellivision II
Game Boy
Game Gear
NES
SNES
N64
Game Cube
PS1
PS2
Sega Master System
Sega Genesis
Sega Saturn
Turbo Graphix 16
X Box

Well I hope to meet some fellow collectors and make some trades.

[soul.less]

Hi, my name is George, I'm 18, and I currently live in Illinois.

Several of my favorite games are: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Half-Life 1 & 2, Shenmue 1 & 2, and Final Fantasy VI.

I collect games for a lot of systems, including, but not limited to: NES, Super NES, Dreamcast, PlayStation, and Saturn, just to name a few.

I currently am not employed, but I am a college student (just started a few months ago, heh).

[Hawksmoor]

Hello everyone. My name is Ian, I'm 27, and I was born, raised, and currently reside in Atlanta. I've been an avid console gamer since the heyday of the 2600. I own quite a few consoles and collect for all of them, but I primarily focus on DC, SNES, Genesis, Saturn, and PS2. I also own a GCN, Xbox, N64, NES, Jaguar, Jaguar CD, 32X, Virtual Boy, Game Gear, Gameboy Advance SP, Lynx, Nomad, NGPC, 3DO, Turbo Duo, and Turbo Express.

I really don't have a favorite system; I simply enjoy great games, regardless of what console they happen to be made for. I am currently a part-time student and journalist, with the majority of my writing consisiting of game reviews for various websites.

[Topher2798]

Hiya,
Topher here....
I stumbled upon this forum by accident.
Looks like my kinda place.
Think I'll stick around.....

[UrQuan]

Wow, two Ians introducing themselves in a short time...

Yeah, my name's Ian. I'm 19 years old and I live in Fargo, ND. My favorite game of all time is Star Control 2 on the 3DO. I've played through it two or three times a year for the last seven years, I like it so much. I own an Atari 2600, NES, SNES, N64, Virtual Boy, Gameboy Advance, Genesis, Sega CD, Saturn, Dreamcast, 3DO, Playstation 1 & 2, and XBox. Considering my age and lack of funds, I think my collection is pretty decent.

By day in the real world, I'm a telemarketer - the scum of the earth- and by night, I'm the vocalist in a grindcore band. I just recently got back into game collecting after my DVD collecting spree. I go in collecting waves. I'm obsessive in my collecting, no matter what it is. I use what I collect, though. I buy games to play them, not to look at them sitting there

I'm hoping to have a good time here. Thanks in advance!

[Slimedog]

My name is Steve and I'm a gaming addict. (Hello Steve) Well not really, but I collect all console and portable games from NES to present. My collection is my pride and joy. I'm a happily married Support/Development tech for a small company and I live near Orlando FL.

What are the odds that UrQuan would post right above me? I've been collecting for about 5 years now and I owe it all to Star Control 2 for the 3DO. That game changed my life.

[GraveyardDeciple]

Hey, what's happenin? My names Dani. I'm from Warner Robins Georgia (hell on earth). I had an account here awhile back, but I just forgot my s/n and such so I just made a new one. I started collecting when I was about 7 yrs old. I got my first nintendo. And I loved it. Gaming is my life pretty much. In real like I'm a car audio technician and I also work at a two wheel body shop part time. I'm also in a band and all that good shit.

[Alucard]

My name is Dustin Schubert and I found the site from a friend. I collect games for the Saturn and the Super Famicom. I also collect systems, and at the moment I have around 31 systems. I pretty much just hang out with World of Games at his game store.

[Audigy]

Hi. :) I'm Audigy.

As a soundcard, one would think that I'm interested in making music... but I'm not like other soundcards. I enjoy 'pixel art' related things (See homepage) and most things related to classic console RPGs. Music-related, I enjoy picking apart sound formats of PSX and PS2 games. The results of this can also be found on my homepage. :)

I continually see references to this board from friends I have in the NES collecting scene, so I figured I'd come check it out more in-depth (yeah, my account's been around a while... just haven't posted that much.)

Currently, as far as collecting stuff goes, I'm trying to complete my collection of PSX RPGs and corresponding strategy guides. I have a rule that I will never pay more than original retail price for any game... and have been pretty lucky so far.

I used to collect NES and SNES, but... emulators got advanced enough for me to not need the original consoles anymore, so off to eBay they went (many years ago, please pardon the blasphemy. :o )

Anyway, yeah, hi. :)

[Dark_Sol]

Hi there from Russia!
from one of the most freaking nuts jrpg collectioner. LOL
I do no collect all consoles and all games. for games - only role-playing of all kinds , for consoles - only those that have many rpg's to play :P
Since VERY LIMITED amount of original games was ever imported in Russia (in old ages and now) i have to do a lot of ebaying and totally waste all my cash onto it. :embarrassed:
I'm most concentrated on SEGA boxed and complete games with the best possible condition and i guess i have one of the best Sega MD rpg collections.

I guess rarest gems of my collection:

Sega MD - Shadowrun Asian PAL version Complete in MINT condition. Saw only 1 copy of this and grabbed it...
Sega MD - Maten Densetsu JAP complete in splendid condition.One of the rarest Sega MD RPG games every seen on ebay. Even in japanese auctions it costs not less then 45$.
Sega MD: Daikoukai Jidai 2 JAP (Uncharted Waters 2) complete.
Sega MD: Dragon Slayer JAP complete with a pin.
Sega MD: FACTORY SEALED Phantasy Star 2 with Hintbook.Costed me quite a sum of cash.But always wanted to get it sealed.Too bad i had to unseal it and to play...LOL, but it still smells good!

Saturn: Valhollian JAP complete mint
Saturn: Princess Quest JAP complete
Saturn: DeviceReign JAP complete mint
Saturn: Great Adventure JAP complete mint

[Haoie]

Hey everyone, I'm from New Zealand, 1 of those PAL regions gamers. I specifically collect PS1 titles, right now I'm at 68. I've been collecting for just over 2 years. I try to get PAL whenever I can, but I have a few of those NTSC US games that never got a PAL release, like Lunar:SSSC. Eventually I hope to reach 100 in my collection Feel free to AIM me anytime, just tell me who you are first. Ciao.

[fpbrush]

hi! im ryan, and have been lurking these good boards for awhile now.

as with all of you, i love collecting videogames. i find it hard to pass up a beautiful piece of hardware (white saturn, yum! ). I have roughly 9 unique systems and a handful of saturns and dreamcast :)

because i am currently in school, my collection is more.. "playable" than a typical collection. while i love having mint in box items, i wont pass up that loose $2 space channel 5 disc at a gamestop bin :)

when i get some more time and money-- i would love to further my dreamcast and gameboy collections, as well as break into the 2d wonderland known as PC Engine :)

look forward to talking with all of you!

[mb7241]

Have I posted here already? In case I didn't, I'm Matt; I've been a member here at DP for over a year (should be, at least). My main emphases for video game collecting are Super Nintendo (all regions: I may well be one of maybe half a dozen in the United States with 2 PAL-version Super Nintendo systems) and PlayStation (also all regions). I'm a respected buyer/seller/trader here at DP (can't remember how many trades I've done here, I'd guess about 10), at www.tradegamesnow.com (45 rating/100% positive, 4 currently pending trades) , and at eBay (43 rating/100% positive, 2 pending sales). The item I'm looking for the most right now? Suikoden II (PS1; any and all 3 regions' individual release of it). Have a nice day, all of you :) .

[bazariah]

hi guys

my names barry but i prefer to go by the psuedonim of bazariah

im from england, which sucks as most of our older consoles had a speed reduction

i've been collecting games since i was around 4 years old im now 26

i predominatley collect nes games, i currently own all but two uk pal titles... recently i got into collecting famicom games

snes is another firm fave system of mine

i have quite a vast collection of the older 8-bit micro computer systems (spectrum, c64 and amstrad) and still enjoy playing

and i recently "tied" the record high score of contra for the nes

anyways this is all i can be bothered to mention about myself at this time in the morning (just got off a 9 hour night shift) but if you want to learn anymore about me feel free to ask

laters

[xxdemonic_gamer]

hey guys whats up im 18 and my friend told me about this site to find some rare and old games his name is "world of games"
might know him maybe now but hes a good guy

[Geo1126]

Hi, I'm George and I'm 19. I live in California. I'm going back to college in a month. I like to play classic games from the classic system from atari 2600 to the Dreamcast. This site really fits my needs. I like playing games on Nintendo and Sega systems (mostly Sega.) My favorite system is the Sega Genesis with the combination of the Sega 32x and Sega CD. I mostly play the Sonic Series and Streets of Rage. I began collecting in 2001 when I got interested in how good it is to play the good classic.

[Scissors]

Greetings.

I collect games for most every Nintendo, Sony, and Sega console. The only ones I don't have are Sega's Pico and Gamegear, and Sony's PSP. I also have a few Neo Geo Pocket Color and Turbo Grafx games. My favorite Genres are RPGs (especially strategy RPGs) and Musical/Rhythm. My favorite RPG is Final Fantasy III/VI (whichever you prefer to call it). The last game I completed was Amagon for NES (I believe it was my second time playing through). I'm currently playing Galerians on Playstation (for the first time).

[GizmoGC]

Hello everyone. I have been an avid gamer and collector for many many years. I have owned nearly ever US system released, and almost every portable system system (US and overseas). My collections consist of
Atari 2600
Colecovision
Intellivison
NES
SNES
N64
Gamecube
Sega Master System
Genesis
Sega CD
Sega 32x
Saturn
Dremacast
Gameboy
Gameboy advance
Nintendo DS
PSP
N-gage
GP32
Wonderswan
3DO

Many, Many more. I have managed two videogame stores and had access to many promo/display/prototypes. I hope to contribute a but to this board as I can.

[mhuntley]

:D Hi! I love my gamecube! Here are my games:
Harvest Moon A Wanderful Life
Sonic Adventure Director's Cut
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle
Luigi's Mansion
Animal crossing
Tony Hawk's Underground
The Sims Bustin'Out
Need For Speed Underground
Prince of Persia The Sands Of Time
Mario Power Tennis
Super Mario Sun Shine
Batman Vengeance
NBA Live 2004
Madden 2003
Dakar 2

[ice1605]

Hi, my name nickname is Ice. I love video games and computers. (If anyone wants to sell me a supercomputer, PM me. Just Kidding [Although I would like one...]) I live in Dublin, Ohio. I really like all Nintendo and Sega systems.

Ice

[Yamazaki]

Hi, I`m a 21year-old student living in Japan right now.
I`m a gaming fan for more than 8 years now, but my interest in collecting just started like 3 years ago. I have no daddy that gives me a 1000$ each week, but I manage to keep my collection growing (especially in Japan, though its quite stupid considering that I don`t have any place to put the stuff!).


My collections mainly consists of:

Sega Saturn
Dreamcast
PC Engine DUO-R
Neo Geo
Neo Geo Pocket
SNES
Famicom
N64
Gameboy
Xbox
PSX
PS2


up till now I have like 300 games and own 14 game systems.

[cbella76]

HI! My name is Cathie and I am from Wilkes Barre, PA. I am 28 years old, just went back to school and have crappy job at present time.
I am in love with NES!
I like anything computer related and police scanners.
I just recently bought a NES with all hooups from ebay for a few dollars. When it arrived it blinked so I used sandpaper on pins and works like new! I buy my games at a local used video game store for 2 dollars each!

I also have gamecube with some games, and several gameboys with games and a playstation with a few games and never get used.

[Saaataaan]

Hey folks!
Name's Dennis (although my nick is saying something different...), I'm from Duisburg, Germany and I'm a passionate gamer!
I started off with a C64 for years, until I got a NES and a GameBoy. After that I had the SNES and I saved a lot of pocket money to buy myself a N64. After that a friend of mine wanted to get rid of his PlayStation One, so I bought it for a nice price. As I saw the pictures of the PS2 I knew, that I needed to get one them, so my mom bought me one for christmas!
Then there was nothing for quite 2 or 3 years until some buddies of mine convinced me of the quality of the Dreamcast, so I got one on eBay. After that, everything went "down the drain"! ;) I searched all 2nd hand shops, flea markets or eBay auctions to buy a Master System, a Genesis and a Saturn. As Resident Evil 4 came out, the time was right for me to buy a GameCube and now I own them all! ;) Also I have a GameBoy Advance and I'm really keen to see the next generation consoles.

Don't ask yourself why I won't be able to post here very often as I will more or less stay a silent reader! ;) Sometimes I will answer to several posts, of course.

Nice forum though and a great archieve of everything about games, this site is. I'm very impressed! :)

[Kefka1]

Hi. I'm Rob. I'm just starting to collect NES/Famicom games (the NES is my favorite system and I already have a famicom and a good 20 games for it as well as about 20 games for the NES). I also play guitar and am trying (not completely sucessfully) to learn to read speak and write Japanese.

[Skinhead]

I'm only here to play a few games and as my housemate is on DP. I think that's it.

[8bitcrooner]

Ladies, gentlemen,

I happend upon this joint in my pursuit of classic gaming community. It appears I've found what I'm looking for. NES is my gal, but I can appriciate other dames. I respect my elders and hope I can teach something to someone younger. Classy site if I've ever seen one; perpetuation of the legacy is always on my menu.

[Jake2215]

Uh...I'm Jake. I like retro gaming. Mostly NES.


...yeah.

[Zilla]

-My names George
-I live in Gainesville, Florida
-I found these forums when looking for complete listings for US releases for various systems. This site is amazing because of the amazing amount of information on it. Hopefully the forumns are just as good.
-My Favorite Games is a hard question there are so many games I havent played as I'm not new to gaming but growing up I didnt have a lot of games and now at 23 a lot of things take up my time. I'll do a list of games I have good memories of and as my quest to play more games continues I may one day be able to make a true favorites list. NES- Contra SNES- F-Zero N-64- Goldeneye Gamecube- ??? SMS-??? Genesis- Mutant League Football
Dreamcast-PSO PS1- Front Mission 3 PS2- Madden 2004
XBOX- Halo Turbo Grafx16-??? GBA- Advance Wars 2, DS-??? PC- Warcraft 3
-I collect for a lot of systems. I own the following: NES,SNES,N-64,Gamecube,SMS,Genesis,Dreamcast,Turbo Grafx16,PS1,PS2,XBOX,GBA,DS. I still need:Sega CD,32X,Saturn,GB,GBC,Virtualboy, CD-i, 3DO,Jaguar,Lynx,Neo-Geo pocket,PSP, Gamegear.
-In real life I'm a student
-Nothing super interseting about me. I really like sports and working out, I like anime and music, and I like Gaming. Hopefully I'll be able to find my place in this Retro Gaming Community.

[phreak97]

Hello people, My name is James Abery, I live in South Australia, and I own approximately 30 game consoles. I have recently started to focus on collecting NES stuff rather than everything stuff.

i found digital press via someone referring me here when i was looking for a nes rarity guide. i have now bought the classic book, and am awaiting it's arrival:)

i would have introduced myself sooner, but i didnt see this topic until now:P

[Joker]

Hey everyone. I'm Howie, and I'm a friend of Vigilante's.
Just thought I'd pop in and introduce myself.
I went to the last "user meet" tonight (06/25/05), and had a great time. Met a lof of interesting people, had a lot of fun and a lot of laughs.
A little bit about myself... I'm from Hasbrouck Heights, I work at California Stucco in Hackensack as their Office Manager. Been a gaming fanatic since the days of Atari 2600, maybe even before that... when PONG was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
I used to be very much into Turbo Grafix 16, but I am a die hard Playstation fan; had my PSOne, and PS2, and now I'm into my PSP.
Some of the classic arcade games I used to love playing were/are Ms PacMan, Donkey Kong, Centipede, and Jungle King.
How did I find DigitPress? Well, Vigilante (Nick) told me about it, so I thought I'd check it out... and I'm glad I did.
By the way, thanks Joe for a really cool time. You've got a very imressive collection... it's right up there with my DVD movie collection.
Anyway, I hope to see you guys in the chats often.

[JCubed]

Im Jeremy, 15, from Grafton Ohio (near elyria or more mainstream Cleveland) My dad started me on an intellivsion and C64 (sold them though :angry: ) I now have around 15 consoles and about 6 handhelds with hundreds of games. VERY into computers and technology, upgrade almost monthly and overclock heavily 8-) cars would also be another passion of mine.

[museumsteve]

Hi Guys (& gals)
I'm museumsteve (the name stuck years ago due to my love for retro/classics).
I've owned an Indie store in Hampshire for over seven years and love games as much today as I always have.
Fav games for me are MrDo! and Robotron.
Love these forums and I hope to be able to contribute to them.
I do have an undying love for all things Hi-Def as well :)

[bauerda]

I'm Duane and I'm 43 years young, I live in Washington state and have 2 kids, (both who love video games). I've been playing video games since the 70's, ever since pong came out. After that I was hooked. I've played games on the old Radio Shack computer, Apple, Zenith 248's with 16 colors, all the way up to main frame computer text games. I've seen the advanced in computer graphics, from the old monocrome screens, through cga, vga, and xga, all the way to the modern svga's. I can't wait till someone invents a holodeck program, now that would be cool. I'm always on the look out for the latest and greatest video games. My favorite one's are mainly RPG's and stratagy's/simulations, like CIV and MOO.

[ZeetherKID77]

I'm ZeetherKID77, I'm from Florida. I first started gaming when my parents gave me a blue Game Boy Pocket and Kirby's Dreamland 2 for my birthday a looong time ago. I eventually heard about Pokemon, and my videogame journey pretty much started there. I like RPGs, "quirky" games like Katamari Damacy, puzzle games, fighting games (especially SSBM), classics, and compilations (my favorite is Megaman Anniversary Collection). I currently own a GBASP, a Nintendo DS, a GCN, original GB, GB Pocket (a silver one, I sold the blue one), GB Color, Genesis, a PC, and a PS one. My other interests include model trains, cars, and drifting. My favorite car is the Toyota Trueno AE86 (Hachiroku), and my favorite anime/manga is Initial D. I found out about the forums when I was reading the DP Collector's Guide Advance (very well done, might I add).

[GameSlaveGaz]

Helloooo...I'm Gaz and I just joined because this is a kick-ass site and I wanna talk to fellow gamers and use the guides on this site. I was never a gamer as a young kid and since my parents were cheap I didn't have a big selection of games, so believe it or not, I didn't even know about Castlevania or Metroid let alone some of the other classics until about 5 years ago! (I know, it's sad). I'm 20 now, and I got my first system when I was 8. I asked for a Nintendo and my dad brought home a used Atari 5200 he got off a friend, with Pac-Man and Ms Pac-Man. That's it. But I didn't care. I did finally get an NES, and later a Genesis and years after a PlayStation, but we never bought a ton of games for any of them. The N64 lit a fire in my heart for gaming when I got one for Xmas w/Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and I finally became a gamer. I was, like, 14 or 15 at the time. Then I decided to replace all the lost systems my parents trashed and finally get the ones I was denied when I was younger. I also started to find out about obscure systems I'd never heard about. I then realized I wanted to own as many systems as I could. My collection is still quite modest due to lack of funds and space, but it's at a nice even 14: NES, SNES, N64, GameCube, Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, PS2, XBox, GameBoy Advance SP, DS, GameGear, Lynx and NeoGeo Pocket Color. Collectively I have 340 games and that's including playable demos, TV Games joysticks and 2 Game&Watches. I've finally played a lot of the games I missed out on as a kid and living up to the standards of a true gamer.
I'm in Massachusetts, and I have the pleasure of working in the video game dept of my local Toys R Us. My boyfriend and his brother, also hardcore gamers, work at GameStop, so we always get some good deals on games and free promotional items. I go to Berklee College of Music and aspire to be a music teacher or a rock star, so video game theme music is one of my loves since it marries my two biggest pastimes together.
I also geek it up hardcore with Star Trek, anime, fantasy, Cartoon Network, Jhonen Vasquez comics (I got my name from his cartoon Invader Zim), Monty Python and anything to do with Bruce Campbell.
I can tell I'm going to like it here. A lot.

[Nate Nanjo]

I'm Nate Nanjo, from Georgia, been a gamer since I was little, but didn't get hooked until I got my SNES. I'll be 20 next month. I'm finally able to start my game collection with out my parents interfear. To bad its small, I only have a complete Playstation RPG section for now :(

Hope to get know more gamers.

And my favorite game may be a bit obvious

[Skelix]

Hell everyone, not much to say. Been gaming ever since I was little (am 30 now), became an involved collector past hmm 2 years?

I bounce back and forth to different sites, usually don't post just read. Do most of my buying through auctions and order through internet sites.

Figured should do a quick intro before I start buying/trading here.

Favorite systems to collect for Atari 5200, Apple II and of course NES!

[Lord Thag]

Heya

I'm Jon from Nor Cal. I just signed up here, though I've been lurking for a bit. I'm a regular over at Atariage, so you can guess what I collect, right? 8-)

I've been a game since about '83 when my family first picked up a 2600, and I've never stopped. I've got a 1000+ or so games currently, mainly Atari systems Intellivision, and NES, with plenty of other random crap thrown in. You get the idea.

In my day job, I work with folks who have developmental disabilities and mental health problems. I manage about 12 crews that help these clients learn job and behavioral skills so that they can live independantly.

At home, I often hike, play games (big surprise there), write, and get bit by my cat, who is quite evil and insane. Kind of like me LOL

Nice meetin' y'all!

[BeowulfXXIV]

Hiya, my name's Nick, and I'm your average obsessed Nerd. With a collection of a little over 250 Games, I own the biggest collection in the Louisburg-Bunn-Zebulon area (not that that's anything big) I'm also deep into Anime.

I hope to go to the Air Force soon as I lose a bit of weight, and I have a fiance', Kristin Blickensderfer and we plan to marry after she graduates, of which she's a junior this year. I myself, Graduated this year. I hope to make a lot of friends!

[UnInformer]

Hello,

I am 22 and from Omaha, NE. My collection now stands at a little over 560, which is more than anyone I know, but can't be the biggest in the city. Aside from the obvious video game obsession, both new and old, that brought me here in the first place, I love reading, writing, anime and ar games like Axis and Allies and RISK.

As for other game related forums I go to, only Game Informer (as InformedFS) and the 167 member Hole, which I help Moderate. Now I have finally decided to join your forums here.

[MarHel78]

Hi all,

just wanted to let you know that I;ll be crawling through the forums in the future.

The name is Martin, I'm 26 and from Germany. I've been playing videogames since my early childhood, but my first own system was the Dreamcast. Right now, I have some more systems from Pong clones, 8bit to next gen and handhelds with a total of a mere 200 games.

Action Adventures and Racing Games are my favourites.

Cya,

Martin

[fe2mike]

Hey there everybody, my name is Mike if you hadn't guessed. My wife (Rachel) and I have been gaming since the Atari 2600, although not together until right before the PS2.

We live in Eastern Washington where I work at Merlyn's- a comic, book, and game store (mostly rpgs, tabletop wargames and the like) and my wife works for the USPS.

Our collection contains stuff from the 2600, NES, PS, PS2, X-Box, and PSP. We also have a bunch of PC games and even some for the old Apple IIe in storage.

I found this site about a week ago after moving some boxes around the house and found my NES, then busted it out and started replaying Final Fantasy.
Later, Mike

[davepesc]

Davepesc here, I've been a lurker for quite a while, but I've decided to go live. I am most interested in all things Sega and the Atari 2600.
My latest interest has been the Sega CD, which I finally got last month.

[Scissorman]

Name:Tanner White
Age:21
Sex:Male
Location:Irving, TX

Even with all of the new fancy systems coming out, I still like going back to the classics that made me the gamer I am. My favorite console is STILL the Super Nintendo and is probably the most played console in my apartment. I am currently building up my NES, SNES, and Genesis collections, finding rarities here and there. The pride and joy of my collection is probably Castlevania:Dracula X on Super Nintendo. I spent three years looking for this elusive game, and I finally got it in March 2004.

My favorite game series is Castlevania. It is the only series of games I have the entire collection of (minus Rondo of Blood). That and Silent Hill. I love horror-themed games.

In real life I like movies, books, and drawing my own artwork. Videogames have been a part of my life for a long time and really has been the only hobby that had stuck with me since my childhood. That and drawing.

Well that's me in a nutshell. I look forward to meeting everyone on the board!

[ncman071]

hi my name is justin and i'm 25 years old. i am a recent college graduate and i started teaching 3rd grade about 6 months ago. i also just got married last month, so its been really busy in my personal life.

i have been an advid gamer since around '92 when i first got my snes. i started out with the nes back in '85 or '86 but i really fell in love with snes. since then i have collected about 9 consoles which include the snes, genesis, 32X, GCN, DC, PS1, PS2, N64, and an XBOX. i also have a Gameboy Adv. but i never got into that handheld. I have 278 total games for my systems which are valued at around $5200.

I really got into collecting video games for rarity and value but mostly for fun back in 2001. It has been an adventure since. Some of my biggest finds include Chrono Trigger and Earthbound for the SNES recently.

[DocRamon]

I've been lurking around here for a little bit, but finally decided to join in on the fun...

I'm 24 and from the DFW Texas area. I've been playing video games since I was a little kid, back in the Atari/NES days. I'm now a pretty avid moviewatcher, and have a job at a local television station... video games have become my hobby outside of mass media.

I mainly stick with Nintendo systems, and have just here recently started "collecting" for the DS, so expect most of my posts to be related to that system in particular, or at least just Nintendo systems in general.

[McBacon]

Hello!

I'm McBacon, I'm pretty new. I have a small, but growing collection of around 100 games. The reason is, I only collect what I want to play.

I'm the UK, and I hope to join in on the mid week/weekend topics, and take some photos like Caut does.

[Pick]

Hi everyone!!

I am Pick and I love programming.

I also like playing video games, my favorite games are Animal Crossing: Wild World and Digimon world 4.

[Hiryu]

Hi everyone, my name is Paul, I'm from Madison Wisconsin. I just found this site from a link someone sent me of the collection photos, I snooped around the site and I was hooked! I'm 29 and am currently in school, I am in the process of trying to find a job right now, and I am also married.
I guess I wouldn't consider myself a collector, so much as a guy who made many dumb sales mistakes in his youth and now wants to repurchase them. I have been playing games since my parents bought an Atari 2600 back in the day, then was turned on to the NES and Master Systems. First home computer was a TI/99 4A with a HUGE disk drive and cart slot! I love all sorts of games, mainly RPGs, shmups and old school platformers. I hope to meet many new people and form some good friendships and chat buddies!